cede

To give up; yield to another. [with to]

Verb

  1. To give up; yield to another. [with to]
    • Edward decided to cede the province.
    • In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese. - 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:

    1. (ditransitive) Same as above. [with dative]

      • After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.

      Synonyms: above

  2. To give way.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

Forms

cedes ceding ceded

Related

accede antecedent cession concede excede exceed intercede precede proceed recede secede succeed supercede supersede

Derived

cede the field retrocede unceded